Lizzie Finlay - Five Quills

Lizzie FInlay

Lizzie FInlay

Lizzie Finlay is the author/illustrator of the bestselling picture book Dandylion, winner of the Dundee Picture Book Award and shortlisted for the NASEN Children’s Book Award, and Little Croc’s Purse. She also has illustrated the Compton Valence and Pony Mad Princess series (Usborne Publishing). This is her first picture book for Five Quills.

Books by Lizzie Finlay

Five Quills

The ~~Ferocious~~ Chocolate Wolf
£6.99

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Summer Reading Challenge

by Daniela Schneider | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Summer Reading Challenge We are thrilled to have three of our books included in this year’s Silly Squad Summer Reading Challenge selection. Due to the present COVID-19 social distancing measures, this year’s Summer Reading Challenge will take place on an exciting...

Five Quills New Website Bookstore

by Daniela Schneider | April 10, 2020 | Books | 0 Comments

Five Quills Independent Children's Book Publisher is excited to announce the opening of its new Five Quills website bookstore. Our colourful list of children's books includes the complete fairytale-mystery series Sky Private Eye, the ever popular science based...

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Lottie Loves Nature and is determined to save all

Lottie Loves Nature and is determined to save all the ants and frogs in her back garden by building a pond to attract wildlife. But she’ll need some help convincing her neighbour Mr. Parfitt that it’s a good idea...🐸💚
Coming in October 2020
#wildlife #kidslit #everylittlethingmatters

Woke up to the lovely sight of busy bees 🐝 ...

Woke up to the lovely sight of busy bees 🐝 ...

#wildlife #bees #lottielovesnature

Say 👋🏻 to Lottie heroine of our new eco-adve

Say 👋🏻 to Lottie heroine of our new eco-adventure series ‘Lottie Loves Nature’. 💚🍃🐸
Lottie is determined to save wildlife, starting directly in her back garden. 🦗🕷🌺
Written by Jane Clarke and illustrated by James Brown, the great team who brought you ‘Al’s Awesome Science’, ‘Lottie Loves Nature: Frog Frenzy’ 🐸🐸🐸 In bookstores this October! 📚📚💚

#wildlifeprotection #lottielovesnature #childrenbooks

Where has the Gingerbread boy run off to?? Quick c

Where has the Gingerbread boy run off to?? Quick call Sky Private Eye, and together whisk up a batch of Gingerbread cupcakes to save the day!! Check out our website for some great Sky Private Eye baking activities and books. Activity links in bio

#bakingcupcakes #fairytalemysteries #childrenactivities #bakingwithkidsisfun

@hot.frog How to draw a Splodge and make a Splodge

@hot.frog How to draw a Splodge and make a Splodge wobbler. Watch Paul Morton’s video ...link in bio #howtodrawforkids #childrenbook #emergingreader

Have a look at our Summer Reading Challenge titles

Have a look at our Summer Reading Challenge titles. Part of the #sillysquad2020 selection. A great selection of laugh-out-loud books to keep the kids entertained over the summer! Link in Bio

Bug Belly: Babysitting Trouble🐸💚 Meet Bug Belly, a top frog from top pond with an incredible appetite that always lands him into TROUBLE!

The Truth About Dinosaurs 🦖🐥Chicken is convinced his ancestors are dinosaurs and he has his family photo album to prove it!!

Al’s Awesome Science: Busy Bodies 🚀 💫 Al wants to know what happens to his body whilst travelling through time on his time machine. Laugh-out loud science fun and adventure. Filled with messy experiments as well!!
Link in bio!

#scienceisawesome #scienceiscool #dinosaur #childrenbook #emergingreaders

This year the environment and finding ways to insp

This year the environment and finding ways to inspire children to help the natural world have been greatly on our minds. We are therefore thrilled to present our small preview of new eco- Adventure series Lottie Lives Nature releasing this Autumn!
Sneak peeks coming soon...💚🌳🐸
#nature #kidsandnature #childrenbooks #emergingreader

What a great review by Armadillo Magazine! 👏🏻👏🏻
When Ferocious Wolf opens his new chocolate shop, he is very excited to share his sweet creations with all of the towns-folk, however nobody will even try a free sample never mind enter his shop and buy a box. Even with the encouragement of his new friend Piggy, who has just returned from the city (and so is more enlightened than his neighbours) all the other animals are still more inclined to follow the doomsayer Mrs Chicken’s panicky rumours than be open-minded. Mrs Chicken says that Ferocious is a Big Bad Wolf and is using the chocolate shop as a ruse to eat them all and so it must be true. Mrs Chicken’s suspicions look to be truthful as Piggy suddenly goes missing and so a search party is set up. But when the animals find Piggy safely being looked after by Ferocious, even Mrs Chicken has to not only eat her words but also Ferocious’ delicious chocolates!
This is a nice, lively, sweet, story about not making snap judgements based on prejudice, reputation, and tarnishing everybody similar with the same brush.
Finlay’s illustrations are bold, vibrant, colourful, and energetic, with lots of details to observe. For example, in one of the most interesting double page spreads, Mrs Chicken is in the foreground stoking up panic on a busy road of houses early on the morning when Piggy has gone missing. Finlay evokes a sense of hullabaloo (as the text suggests), flurry of movement and noise, and the understanding of a long road sweeping behind Mrs Chicken who is in the foreground, is delightful. The characters are neatly drawn, especially Ferocious Wolf, aptly styled as a Willy Wonka type character wearing a purple top hat, bow tie and red flowing cape. The ideas of friendship, open-mindedness, forgiveness, and not being scared to sample new things are astutely developed throughout the story.-Natalie McChrystal Plimmer #armadillomagazine
#childrenbook #readingisfundamental #storytime #chocolate

Beautiful trees. Windy day. Look out for our brand

Remember to ask your friends how they are feeling.

Remember to ask your friends how they are feeling. And maybe offer them a little chocolate treat 🍫🍩#friendship #childrenbooks #caring

Wow! Wonderful to see Bug Belly Babysitting Troubl

Wow! Wonderful to see Bug Belly Babysitting Trouble on Toppsta’s fab list of 100 most popular children’s books in 2020 (so far)! Great 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️reader reviews! Link is here https://bit.ly/2BybcAP @toppsta @hot.frog #readingtime #childrenbooks #kidsbooks

At Five Quills we’re putting the final touches o

At Five Quills we’re putting the final touches on our new Eco- Adventure series coming this Fall! 🌿🌳🐸🦜(Cover reveal is imminent!) A few pictures from walks through the local park. A wonderful way to enjoy nature. #nature #trees #wildlife #exploretheoutdoors #childrenbooks

Sharing stories about friendship is a wonderful wa

Sharing stories about friendship is a wonderful way to help children talk about their feelings and those of their friends and family. #empathyday #readingwithkids #picturebooks #childrenbooks

So thrilled to see the complete Al’s Awesome Sci

So thrilled to see the complete Al’s Awesome Science series printed in French by @bayardjeunesse Max et Zoé dingues de SCIENCES #booksintranslation #scienceforkids

We stand in solidarity with the black community an

We stand in solidarity with the black community and everyone fighting for racial justice around the globe. #blackouttuesday

The Summer Reading Challenge is nearly here! Join

The Summer Reading Challenge is nearly here! Join the #sillysquad2020 with @readingagency on 5 June!! Head to https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/ So excited to see 3 of our laugh-out-loud titles in the group! #LetsGetSilly

Don't miss out on these brilliant nature-themed Bu

Don't miss out on these brilliant nature-themed Bug Belly's #OutdoorClassroomDay activities to celebrate nature and children learning outdoors. bit.ly/2X924cF @hot.frog @readingagency @barnsleylibraries #playfulnature #homeschool #freebookresources

Top Bug Belly reviews from @toppsta readers: ‘Th

Top Bug Belly reviews from @toppsta readers: ‘This Book is Brilliant’ 🐸 ‘The illustrations throughout are fab’ 🐸 ‘A laugh out Loud adventure book’ 🐸 And from a 5 year old reviewer ‘This book made me smile’ 😊!! More reviews bit.ly/2VU6KDU @hot.frog #ChildrensBooks #readingtokids

PLEASE SEND ALL DRAWINGS TO @pandas_uk There will

PLEASE SEND ALL DRAWINGS TO @pandas_uk There will be more than one winner - The public will vote for their favourite picture. 🌈
@my.little.book.

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So pleased to send off these 11 copies of Bug Bell

So pleased to send off these 11 copies of Bug Belly: Babysitting Trouble by Paul Morton @hot.frog Winners participated in the @toppsta giveaway last month! Rest assured there are lots of giggles coming through the post today! 📭🐸😊 #childrenbooks #readingisfun #fivequillsforkids

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